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Holotype of
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<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFF180F61FEECCA7D" bold="true" box="[151,275,1058,1082]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
|
||
Live photo of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C714D68FFD16D7FFE250F61FD9CCA7D" authorityName="Hallermann & Hawlitschek" authorityYear="2025" box="[426,611,1058,1082]" class="Squamata" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Boaedon" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subniger" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFE250F61FD9CCA7D" box="[426,611,1058,1082]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">Boaedon subniger</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFDE60F61FD46CA7D" bold="true" box="[617,697,1058,1082]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2365782FFD16D7FFDE60F61FD46CA7D" box="[617,697,1058,1082]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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||
</emphasis>
|
||
from nearby Yuffleh, Gumbi Hills, Somalia. Photo by Tomáš Mazuch.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C36B6560FFD16D7FFF480FCFFBD1C885" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" type="diagnosis">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BCE36EBFFD16D7FFF480FCFFE28CB55" blockId="11.[151,1437,1164,2019]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">
|
||
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFF480FCFFEBDCAE1" bold="true" box="[199,322,1164,1190]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C714D68FFD16D7FFEC60FCFFDE8CAE1" authorityName="Hallermann & Hawlitschek" authorityYear="2025" box="[329,535,1164,1190]" class="Squamata" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Boaedon" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subniger" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFEC60FCFFDE8CAE1" box="[329,535,1164,1190]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">Boaedon subniger</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFD900FCFFD85CAE1" bold="true" box="[543,634,1164,1190]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2365782FFD16D7FFD900FCFFD85CAE1" box="[543,634,1164,1190]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
can be distinguished from most congeners by its dark brown to blackbrown dorsal colour, without any light head stripes, two supralabials (4
|
||
<superScript id="7C049BA3FFD16D7FFC390FF3FC3CCAF9" attach="left" box="[950,963,1200,1214]" fontSize="6" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">th</superScript>
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||
& 5
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||
<superScript id="7C049BA3FFD16D7FFC7A0FF3FBFDCAF9" attach="none" box="[1013,1026,1200,1214]" fontSize="6" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">th</superScript>
|
||
) touching on eye and one preocular, touching the frontal. PAR is longer than the distance between the frontal and the rostral scale. Venter whitish (for more characters see table 4).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BCE36EBFFD16D7FFF480E5FFBD1C885" blockId="11.[151,1437,1164,2019]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C714D68FFD16D7FFF480E5FFE6BCB71" authorityName="Hallermann & Hawlitschek" authorityYear="2025" box="[199,404,1308,1334]" class="Squamata" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Boaedon" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subniger" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFF480E5FFE6BCB71" box="[199,404,1308,1334]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">Boaedon subniger</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFE140E5FFE0ACB71" bold="true" box="[411,501,1308,1334]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2365782FFD16D7FFE140E5FFE0ACB71" box="[411,501,1308,1334]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C714D68FFD16D7FFD050E5EFCEBCB71" authorityName="Hallermann & Hawlitschek" authorityYear="2025" box="[650,788,1308,1335]" class="Squamata" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Boaedon" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="broadleyi" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFD050E5EFD64CB71" box="[650,667,1309,1334]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">B</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFD250E5FFCEBCB71" box="[682,788,1308,1334]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">broadleyi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFC940E5FFC8ACB71" bold="true" box="[795,885,1308,1334]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2365782FFD16D7FFC940E5FFC8ACB71" box="[795,885,1308,1334]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
by having fewer MSR (, X 27.0, versus 27–33, X 29.1, only one preocular (versus two) and its blackish brown or dark brown body colouration without light coloured head stripes (versus reddish, olive-brown or light brown body colouration with two short white head stripes and lips whitish coloured), with no dorsals uncoloured (versus first two rows uncoloured in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C714D68FFD16D7FFBDD0ECBFB43CBE5" authorityName="Hallermann & Hawlitschek" authorityYear="2025" box="[1106,1212,1416,1442]" class="Squamata" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Boaedon" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="broadleyi" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFBDD0ECBFB43CBE5" box="[1106,1212,1416,1442]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">broadleyi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFB4B0ECBFADFCBE5" bold="true" box="[1220,1312,1416,1442]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2365782FFD16D7FFB4B0ECBFADFCBE5" box="[1220,1312,1416,1442]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
).
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C714D68FFD16D7FFAB60ECBFEF5CB81" authorityName="Parker" authorityYear="1932" class="Squamata" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Boaedon" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maculatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFAB60ECBFEF5CB81" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">Boaedon maculatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has an additional row of scales between the supralabials and loreal between nasal and preocular scale, (versus no row of scales) and 10–11 supralabials (versus 8). Extralimital species:
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C714D68FFD16D7FFBB90E93FAF0CBAD" box="[1078,1295,1488,1514]" class="Squamata" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Boaedon" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="montanus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFBB90E93FAF0CBAD" box="[1078,1295,1488,1514]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">Boaedon montanus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in its whole distribution area differs in having two at least short head lines and whitish upper and lower lips (versus no headlines and no whitish lips),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C714D68FFD16D7FFE050D5BFD78C875" authorityName="Trape & Mediannikov" authorityYear="2016" box="[394,647,1560,1586]" class="Squamata" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Boaedon" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="perisilvestris">
|
||
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFE050D5BFD78C875" box="[394,647,1560,1586]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">Boaedon perisilvestris</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
with similar colouration differs in having more MSR (29–31, X 29.4 (versus 27 X 27.0 in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C714D68FFD16D7FFE090D7EFDF6C811" authorityName="Hallermann & Hawlitschek" authorityYear="2025" box="[390,521,1596,1622]" class="Squamata" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Boaedon" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subniger" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFE090D7EFDF6C811" box="[390,521,1596,1622]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">B. subniger</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFD9D0D7FFD91C811" bold="true" box="[530,622,1596,1622]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2365782FFD16D7FFD9D0D7FFD91C811" box="[530,622,1596,1622]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
) and frequently three supralabial scales touching eye (versus two in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C714D68FFD16D7FFA0B0D7EFF06C83D" authorityName="Hallermann & Hawlitschek" authorityYear="2025" class="Squamata" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Boaedon" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subniger" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFA0B0D7EFF06C83D" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">B. subniger</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFE8F0D23FEA5C83D" bold="true" box="[256,346,1632,1658]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2365782FFD16D7FFE8F0D23FEA5C83D" box="[256,346,1632,1658]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
) and a genetic interspecific distances of 0.024).
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C714D68FFD16D7FFCF50D22FBD8C83D" authorityName="Trape & Mediannikov" authorityYear="2016" box="[890,1063,1632,1658]" class="Squamata" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Boaedon" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paralineatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFCF50D22FBD8C83D" box="[890,1063,1632,1658]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">B. paralineatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C714D68FFD16D7FFBD20D22FB23C83D" authorityName="Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril" authorityYear="1854" box="[1117,1244,1633,1658]" class="Squamata" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Boaedon" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="capensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFBD20D22FB23C83D" box="[1117,1244,1633,1658]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">B. capensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species complex differs in having clear head and/or body lines (versus no head and body lines in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C714D68FFD16D7FFB920DC6FB60C8D9" authorityName="Hallermann & Hawlitschek" authorityYear="2025" box="[1053,1183,1668,1694]" class="Squamata" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Boaedon" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subniger" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFB920DC6FB60C8D9" box="[1053,1183,1668,1694]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">B. subniger</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFB290DC7FAFFC8D9" bold="true" box="[1190,1280,1668,1694]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2365782FFD16D7FFB290DC7FAFFC8D9" box="[1190,1280,1668,1694]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
) and a brown or reddish colouration (versus blackish brown colouration in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C714D68FFD16D7FFCCC0DEAFC3AC885" authorityName="Hallermann & Hawlitschek" authorityYear="2025" box="[835,965,1704,1730]" class="Squamata" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Boaedon" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subniger" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFCCC0DEAFC3AC885" box="[835,965,1704,1730]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">B. subniger</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFC430DEBFBDAC885" bold="true" box="[972,1061,1704,1730]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2365782FFD16D7FFC430DEBFBDAC885" box="[972,1061,1704,1730]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
)
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C36B6560FFD16D78FF480D8FFE33CFCE" lastPageId="12" lastPageNumber="131" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BCE36EBFFD16D78FF480D8FFA66CEBE" blockId="11.[151,1437,1164,2019]" lastBlockId="12.[151,1436,150,609]" lastPageId="12" lastPageNumber="131" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">
|
||
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD16D7FFF480D8FFE1FC8A1" bold="true" box="[199,480,1740,1766]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">
|
||
Description of
|
||
<typeStatus id="54CA8849FFD16D7FFEF60D8FFE1FC8A1" box="[377,480,1740,1766]" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
: Juvenile female,
|
||
<quantity id="4C899B0EFFD16D7FFD3F0D8FFCF1C8A0" box="[688,782,1740,1767]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.2199999999999998" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" unit="mm" value="222.0">222 mm</quantity>
|
||
SVL; head sub-triangular, slightly distinct from the neck, HL
|
||
<quantity id="4C899B0EFFD16D7FFF4B0DB3FED7C94C" box="[196,296,1776,1803]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.14" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" unit="mm" value="11.4">11.4 mm</quantity>
|
||
(5.1 % of SVL (
|
||
<quantity id="4C899B0EFFD16D7FFE690DB3FDB5C94D" box="[486,586,1776,1802]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.2199999999999998" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" unit="mm" value="222.0">222 mm</quantity>
|
||
); interocular distance 4.0 mm, pupil elliptical, eye diameter
|
||
<quantity id="4C899B0EFFD16D7FFB790DB3FAAFC94C" box="[1270,1360,1776,1803]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.3" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" unit="mm" value="2.3">2.3 mm</quantity>
|
||
; loreal rectangular, about 2.1 x as long (
|
||
<quantity id="4C899B0EFFD16D7FFD8C0C57FDA4C969" box="[515,603,1812,1839]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" unit="mm" value="1.5">1.5 mm</quantity>
|
||
) as high (
|
||
<quantity id="4C899B0EFFD16D7FFD470C57FCDCC969" box="[712,803,1812,1838]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.0" pageId="11" pageNumber="130" unit="mm" value="0.7">0.7 mm</quantity>
|
||
); body cylindrical; tail moderately short (8.5 % of SVL). Supralabials 8/8, 3th, 4th and 5th on left side of head and 4
|
||
<superScript id="7C049BA3FFD16D7FFC940C7BFCD7C901" attach="left" box="[795,808,1848,1862]" fontSize="6" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">th</superScript>
|
||
and 5
|
||
<superScript id="7C049BA3FFD16D7FFCE60C7BFC89C901" attach="left" box="[873,886,1848,1862]" fontSize="6" pageId="11" pageNumber="130">th</superScript>
|
||
on right side of head contacting orbit; infralabials 9/9, 1st on each side in contact behind mental, first three on both sides in contact with anterior chin shields and 4th on both sides in contact with posterior chin shields; one preocular on both sides touching; two postoculars in contact with the lower part of parietal scale caudally, upper postocular in contact with supraocular anterior-dorsally. Lower postocular in contact with 5th and 6th supralabial (both sides of head) ventrally; temporals 1+2+3 on both sides; two internasals; nasal divided; frontal longer (
|
||
<quantity id="4C899B0EFFD66D78FD2C0BD5FD03CEF6" box="[675,764,150,177]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.5" pageId="12" pageNumber="131" unit="mm" value="3.5">3.5 mm</quantity>
|
||
) than wide (
|
||
<quantity id="4C899B0EFFD66D78FC030BD4FC16CEF6" box="[908,1001,151,177]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.9" pageId="12" pageNumber="131" unit="mm" value="1.9">1.9 mm</quantity>
|
||
); Parietal length (
|
||
<quantity id="4C899B0EFFD66D78FB3D0BD4FAF3CEF6" box="[1202,1292,151,177]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.8" pageId="12" pageNumber="131" unit="mm" value="3.8">3.8 mm</quantity>
|
||
) longer than distance from frontal to rostral (
|
||
<quantity id="4C899B0EFFD66D78FD8D0BF8FDA0CE92" box="[514,607,187,213]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.3" pageId="12" pageNumber="131" unit="mm" value="2.3">2.3 mm</quantity>
|
||
); dorsal scales smooth, 22 SR one head-length posterior to jaw rictus, 27 MSR at midbody, 21 SR one head length anterior to vent; ventrals 225; anal plate entire; 43 subcaudals, all paired.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BCE36EBFFD66D78FF480A41FB8FCF06" blockId="12.[151,1436,150,609]" pageId="12" pageNumber="131">
|
||
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD66D78FF480A41FD98CF5A" bold="true" box="[199,615,258,285]" pageId="12" pageNumber="131">
|
||
Colouration of
|
||
<typeStatus id="54CA8849FFD66D78FEF40A40FE1DCF5A" box="[379,482,259,285]" pageId="12" pageNumber="131" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
in ethanol:
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
dorsal body colouration dark brown without any light head stripes. Venter whitish, no dorsal scales light coloured, upper and lower labials same colour as dorsum.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BCE36EBFFD66D78FF180A09FCA3CF22" blockId="12.[151,1436,150,609]" box="[151,860,330,357]" pageId="12" pageNumber="131">
|
||
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD66D78FF180A09FE30CF23" bold="true" box="[151,463,330,356]" pageId="12" pageNumber="131">
|
||
Colouration in life (
|
||
<figureCitation id="134A2A6EFFD66D78FE0E0A09FE38CF23" box="[385,455,330,356]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="11.[151,250,1058,1082]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1034]" captionTargetId="figure-26@11.[151,1436,181,1034]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 6. Live photo of Boaedon subniger sp. nov. from nearby Yuffleh, Gumbi Hills, Somalia. Photo by Tomáš Mazuch." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14704098" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14704098/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="131">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
: as above, but colour almost black.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BCE36EBFFD66D78FF480A2DFE33CFCE" blockId="12.[151,1436,150,609]" box="[199,460,366,393]" pageId="12" pageNumber="131">
|
||
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD66D78FF480A2DFEBECFCF" bold="true" box="[199,321,366,392]" pageId="12" pageNumber="131">Variation:</emphasis>
|
||
see
|
||
<tableCitation id="C6F30350FFD66D78FEFD0A2CFE37CFCE" box="[370,456,367,393]" captionStart="TABLE 4" captionStartId="14.[152,244,151,175]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="TABLE 4. Morphometric (in mm) and meristic character comparison of Boaedon subniger sp. nov. available material, X: present, –: absent or missing" pageId="12" pageNumber="131">Table 4</tableCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C36B6560FFD66D78FF480AD1FE28CC5E" pageId="12" pageNumber="131" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BCE36EBFFD66D78FF480AD1FF0DCF96" blockId="12.[151,1436,150,609]" pageId="12" pageNumber="131">
|
||
<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD66D78FF480AD1FE9CCFEB" bold="true" box="[199,355,402,428]" pageId="12" pageNumber="131">Distribution:</emphasis>
|
||
the species is found only in Northern
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<collectingCountry id="F366767BFFD66D78FC920AD0FC86CFEA" box="[797,889,403,429]" name="Somalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="131">Somalia</collectingCountry>
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(
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<collectingRegion id="49B5F809FFD66D78FC050AD0FBD0CFEA" box="[906,1071,403,429]" country="Somalia" name="Sanaag" pageId="12" pageNumber="131">Sanaag region</collectingRegion>
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, Somaliland (
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<quantity id="4C899B0EFFD66D78FB420AD0FA94CFEA" box="[1229,1387,403,429]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.77" metricValueMax="1.78" metricValueMin="1.76" pageId="12" pageNumber="131" unit="m" value="1770.0" valueMax="1780.0" valueMin="1760.0">1760–1780 m</quantity>
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asl) (
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<figureCitation id="134A2A6EFFD66D78FF100AF4FF1ACF96" box="[159,229,439,465]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="5.[152,255,1846,1870]" captionTargetBox="[170,1368,516,1823]" captionTargetId="figure-160@5.[151,1436,486,1825]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 2. Confirmed records of Boaedon species in north-eastern and eastern Africa. Red dots: Boaedon broadleyi sp. nov.; Red star: Boaedon broadleyi sp. nov. type locality; green dots: Boaedon subniger sp. nov.; green star: Boaedon subniger sp. nov. type locality; red square: Boaedon montanus; red triangle: Boaedon paralineatus; blue dots, Boaedon capensis s.l.: orange dots Boaedon sp. black form; yellow dot: B. arabicus." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14704084" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14704084/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="131">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BCE36EBFFD66D78FF480A99FE28CC5E" blockId="12.[151,1436,150,609]" pageId="12" pageNumber="131">
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<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD66D78FF480A99FD97CFB2" bold="true" box="[199,616,474,501]" pageId="12" pageNumber="131">Habitat and Natural History notes:</emphasis>
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The specimens were found in high-altitude semiarid or arid habitats from Somaliland (
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<collectingRegion id="49B5F809FFD66D78FEAA0ABCFE33CC5E" box="[293,460,511,537]" country="Somalia" name="Sanaag" pageId="12" pageNumber="131">Sanaag region</collectingRegion>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C36B6560FFD66D78FF480960FD19CC26" pageId="12" pageNumber="131" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="8BCE36EBFFD66D78FF480960FD19CC26" blockId="12.[151,1436,150,609]" pageId="12" pageNumber="131">
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<emphasis id="B905EAF9FFD66D78FF480960FEADCC7A" bold="true" box="[199,338,547,573]" pageId="12" pageNumber="131">Etymology:</emphasis>
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The species is named after the Latin word
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<taxonomicName id="4C714D68FFD66D78FCAD0960FC6DCC7A" authorityName="Hallermann & Hawlitschek" authorityYear="2025" box="[802,914,547,573]" class="Squamata" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Boaedon" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="131" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subniger">“subniger</taxonomicName>
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” for blackish, somewhat dark, from its blackish body coloration without any stripes on head or body.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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